Q: my galant transmission select in reverse neutral but not in drive

asked by on January 21, 2018

the car would select in reverse and neutral but not in drive. Before it started doing that it would take a while and then select but now it is not happeening

My car has 116500 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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